DOJ Reaches $9 Million Settlement With Florida Bank On Redlining Claims

(October 23, 2023, 2:06 PM EDT) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Justice and Ameris Bank have filed a consent order in a Florida federal court under which the bank agrees to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of redlining predominately Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Jacksonville....